Lee Enfield (SMLE) No1 MkII with false edge 1942 by N.W.R.

A very nice bayonet made by the North West Railway in 1942. See markings bayonet N.W.R. 42 II *. Pommel with oil hole, crossguard with muzzle ring. Pommel is marked (5A/5C) if read correctly. The blade has a false edge.

Scabbard is made of black leather which is stapled to blued metal fittings. One staple is missing on the lower metal fitting but this has absolutely no influence on the quality of the scabbard. Markings on the scabbard backside CIW 1941 and on the other side it looks like sanskrit writing

Blade length 30,5 cm
Overall length 42,7 cm

The famous Bengal & North West Railways (NWR) was formed in the early 1880s and ran until taken over by the Indian Government in 1943. The NWR carried freight, passengers, and steamship mail from Delhi to the northern frontier of British India and beyond to Peshawar, Pakistan.

During the Second World War, many of the Railway's shops were converted to produce war materiel and this bayonet is an example of their handiwork

Code: 50078